Matthew Yu, 34, of Brooklyn, was identified Thursday as the pedestrian killed on Interstate 80 near Dixon Sunday, the Solano County Coroner’s Office confirmed Thursday.

Yu had reportedly been walking in the No. 3 lane of I-80 near Weber Road when he was struck by a car whose driver fled the scene. There have been no descriptions of the vehicle or driver from witnesses, according to the California Highway Patrol.

According to a post on the music blog BrooklynVegan, Yu was a New York musician who had played in the bands Christines and Sapphire Mansions. According to the Santa Cruz Police department, he had been traveling the West Coast and was scheduled to meet with friends in San Francisco on Feb. 8 but never showed up. He had last been seen leaving the Starline Social Club in Oakland on Saturday in a ’50s Dodge Town Wagon with a man named Nick Mamula.

Yu’s backpack and cellphone had been discovered in Santa Cruz the week prior. It is unclear how he ended up near Dixon or how he had gotten separated from Mamula.

On the Bandcamp page for Sapphire Mansions, which Yu had played lead guitar and organ in, lead singer Jay Hough announced that digital downloads of the band’s self-titled album would be available for free or at a “pay-as-you-wish” price. All download proceeds will go to Yu’s family.

Hough also wrote that the band was working on another album and that it will be posted to the group’s Bandcamp page.

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